NCT06928571Enrolling by invitation
Using Online Tools to Increase Weight Loss in Primary Care
A Hybrid Effectiveness/ Implementation Trial Using Online Tools to Increase Weight Loss Among Primary Care Patients
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 11 May 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The goal of the proposed project is to test the effectiveness of an intervention (Connect4Health Engage) focused on motivating and guiding patients to use empirically supported, freely available online tools for weight loss. A randomized trial will be conducted in primary care clinics. Fifteen to twenty PCPs will be recruited, followed by 453 patients. Patients will complete either the 52-week Connect4Health Engage intervention or Connect4Health Discover, an educational control.
- Status (registry)
- Enrolling by invitation
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 473 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 7 Apr 2025
- Start date
- 15 Apr 2025
- Primary completion date
- Jun 2029
- Lead sponsor
- University of Florida
- Diseases
- Obesity
- NCT number
- NCT06928571
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 473
- From 15 Apr 2025 to the primary completion date, Jun 2029
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Bariatric surgery in the past year or currently undergoing evaluation for bariatric surgery
- Currently taking prescription medication for weight loss
Other illness
- Currently undergoing treatment for cancer or has active cancer
- Inpatient psychiatric treatment in the past 6 months
- Eating disorder in past 5 years
- Congestive heart failure resulting in recent (past 6 months) hospitalization or contributing to difficulty breathing or difficulty doing daily activities.
- Dementia diagnosis
- Type 1 Diabetes
Other
- BMI≥ 45 kg/m2.
- Currently enrolled in structured weight loss treatment
- In past month, has been actively participating in a weight loss focused online community (i.e., posting or reading content).
- Currently tracking food intake 3 days per week
- Pregnant or planning to become pregnant in the next 6 months
- Currently breastfeeding (or pumping breastmilk) 3 times per day or more.
- Had cardiovascular event in the past 60 days
- Inability to stand on body weight scale independently
- Impaired hearing
- Unable to read content on websites without assistance
- Planning to move out of the region in the next 12 months.
Who the study is looking for
- Age 18 or older
- BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2 based on self-report body weight and height, OR BMI 27-29.9 kg/m2 with a weight related comorbidity of hypertension, type 2 diabetes, pre-diabetes, dyslipidemia, or obstructive sleep apnea, gastroesophageal reflux disease, or coronary artery disease.
- Self-report weight ≤ 375 lbs (the maximum weight that BodyTrace scales can accurately detect is 397 lbs, thus 375 lbs provides a buffer to allow detection of at least 20 lbs weight gain).
- Has valid email address in EHR
- Has an appointment scheduled with enrolled PCP about 30-45 days after IDR query
- Speaks and reads English
- Has either WiFi internet access at home or a phone or tablet with a data plan.
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Save your city in your profile to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Florida Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Gainesville | United States | Unknown status |
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